Father: Richard HOEY***
b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland
Mother: Ann KEEGAN***
b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland

Occupation: Shoemaker.
Matthew HOEY was an infant when the Hoeys sailed for Boston, Mass. from Ireland in 1846 on the Ship 'Albania'.
US CENSUS: 1850 Framingham, Middlesex, MA
US CENSUS: 1860 Natick, Middlesex, MA

"Thanks to his letters we know a great deal about Matthew Hoey's colorful military career. In 1861, at the age of 16, Matthew became the first of the Hoeys to enlist in the Union Army, though he deserted the following August. In June 1863 he enlisted in the Navy under the alias "James Monahan." His enlistment papers at that time record that he was 5'8" in height, with blue eyes and brown hair. He served on board the North Carolina, the Ohio, and the Clyde, which saw action in the Florida Keys, and was discharged on September 1, 1864.

In March 1867 Matthew again enlisted in the Navy and was temporarily stationed in Portsmouth, NH aboard the sloop-of-war Vandalia. He was assigned to the frigate Minnesota, which was scheduled to sail to the Paris Exposition. Despite this, as the letters disclose, he jumped ship in July, was caught in Worcester by Natick constable Cyrus Beal, and escaped to Webster, where brother-in-law Godfrey BILLIG sheltered him and wrote Mary of his whereabouts. On August 5th Matthew HOEY again enlisted in the Army under the alias "James Ambrose" and was stationed at Camp Lowell in Tucson, Arizona Territory, where (according to his obituary) he "took part in the Indian Wars under General Wilson Miles." The sword he used at that time is preserved by great great grandson Terrence Sullivan. His uniform was also preserved but disintegrated upon exposure.

Matthew HOEY returned home in 1870 and spent the last 59 years of his life in Natick.
"Following 63 years of marriage, Matthew and Mary HOEY died within 16 months of one another, in 1929 and 1930 respectively."

Marriage: Mary Elizabeth O'NEAL
b: 29 NOV 1846 christened: 06 DEC 1846 in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland. (dau. of James O'NEAL and Mary HIELAND)
d: 01 OCT 1930 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Immigration 1853.
Married: 12 FEB 1866 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Children:
Marcella (Shelley) Veronica HOEY
b: 18 OCT 1866 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 16 JAN 1934 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: William Henry CLARK
b: 05 MAR 1863 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
(son of William Gates CLARK and Sarah Elizabeth HUDSON)
d: 14 APR 1888 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Cause of death: Consumption.
Married: 30 AUG 1886 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage2: Joseph Parker DASCOMB
b: 04 MAR 1873 in Wayland, Middlesex, MA
(son of Charles W.DASCOMB and Sophronia W. PARKER)
d: 25 FEB 1926 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 02 APR 1903 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Anna M. HOEY
b: JUL 1873 in Webster, Worcester, MA
d: 20 DEC 1906 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA in childbirth
Marriage: Henry W. BERARD
b: DEC 1867 in St Barthelemy, Berthier, Quebec, Canada
(son of Joseph BERARD and Harriet St. DENIS)
Married: 30 NOV 1893 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Sarah Frances HOEY
b: 03 SEP 1875 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 10 JAN 1933 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Schoolteacher and Principal, Oak Grove School in Natick, MA
Marriage: William Matthew CALDWELL
b: 11 APR 1876 in Barre, Worcester, MA
(son of Matthew CALDWELL and Catherine G. O'DONNELL)
d: 05 MAR 1915 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 15 APR 1903 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Elizabeth G. HOEY
b: 29 JUN 1877 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: aft 1940 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA
Marriage: Joseph Enos ROGERS
b: 11 JAN 1879 in Truro, Barnstable, MA
(son of Antoine E. ROGERS and Mary KING)
WWI Draft Reg. Affiliate Number: M1509
WWII Draft Reg.(4th Registration) for State of Massachusetts,Affiliate Number: M2090
d: aft 1942 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA
Married: 28 JUN 1905 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Mary F. HOEY
b: 21 AUG 1878 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 28 SEP 1945 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Charles Roland HULL
b: 25 JUN 1875 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 12 JUL 1935 in Boston, Suffolk, MA
Married: 4 NOV 1895 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA

Herbert Arthur HOEY
b: 19 DEC 1882 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 1953 Natick, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Carpenter.
World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Roll 1684688, DraftBoard 32

Alice L. HOEY
b: 24 AUG 1885 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 04 SEP 1944 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Montgomery Rodex KELSEY
b: 18 MAR 1883 in Walton, Delaware, New York
(son of Theodore KELSEY and Lila M. Xoles)
d: 14 JUN 1950 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 1910 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Mary Agnes B. HOEY
b: 24 MAR 1888 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
d: 10 MAR 1956 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Alexander Joseph DEGRASSE
(son of Alexander DEGRASSE and Honora Maria KILLIEN)
b: 30 JAN 1887 in Wellesley, Norfolk, MA
d: 25 SEP 1958 in El Dorado, El Dorado, California
Married: 1911 in Natick, Middlesex, MA